• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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    5 hours ago

    Not all data transfer is sending stuff to storage, streaming your display live at a high bitrate for example never needs to go into storage.

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      5 hours ago

      Is more than 1Gbps needed for that? That seems insane, but I’m old and watch stuff in full HD so what do I know.

      • towerful@programming.dev
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        4 hours ago

        Low latency means low compression. Low compression means high bandwidth.
        1080p60 NDI will be 200mbps. If you are doing 2160p60, that’s 800mbps (which is about the limit I would run 1gbe at). Doesn’t leave much overhead for anything else, and a burst of other traffic might cause packet drops or packet rejection due to exceeding the TTL.

        2.5gbps would be enough.
        But I see 2.5gbps and 5gbps as “stop-gaps”. Data centers standardised on 10/40gbps for a while (before 25/100 and 100/400) - it’s still really common tbh - so the 10gbps tech is cheap.
        I don’t see the point in investing in 2.5/5gbps